Welles Turner Memorial Library – Plant the garden beds
Date: May 26th, Wednesday
Time: 10:00am
Location: Main St. near the corner of Main St & Hebron Ave
Chores: Planting plants and mulching
BYO: Gloves, Trowels and personal drinking water
Spring Planting
Change….5/20/2021 @ 9am – So. Glastonbury Planters
So. Glastonbury Planters – Fill them with beautiful plants
Date: May 20th, Thursday (rain date: May 21st)
Time: 9:00am
Location: Meet in the Brookside Market parking lot. We will begin there.
Chores: Creating the planters, installing plants
BYO: Gloves, Trowels and personal drinking water
CHANGED to 5/25/2021 @ 10am – Town Center Planters
Town Center Planters – Fill them with beautiful plants
Date: May 25th, Wednesday (was previously 5/19)
Time: 10:00a
Location: Meet at the WTM Library under the Copper Beech Tree
Chores: Creating the planters, installing plants
BYO: Gloves, Trowels and personal drinking water
5/18/2021 @ 11am – Village Green – Planters to be planted
Village Green – Planters to be planted
Date: May 18th, Tuesday
Time: 11:00am
Location: Knox Lane
Chores: Creating the planters, installing plants
BYO: Gloves, Trowels and personal drinking water
5/12 & 5/14/2021 – Educational Garden Topic: Cool Weather Veggies
Educational Garden at Town Community Gardens
5/12 & 5/14 Topic: Cool Weather Vegetables RAIN CANCELS EVENT
Topic conversations begin at 9:10a on Wednesday and 4:10p on Friday. Topic repeats Wednesday & Friday of the same week
Guest Conversationalist: Pam Eudowe, Glastonbury Partners in Planting, Inc.
Location: Plot #68 – 45 Canione Rd., Glastonbury, CT (Behind Herbert T. Clark House)
Every Wednesday and Friday bring your questions about gardening to a GPIP volunteer at Garden Plot #68. We will do our best to answer any questions. And while you are there take a few minutes to listen to a short casual conversation on a specific topic. All produce from this garden will be donated.
Interested in volunteering at this garden or at another garden with GPIP? We need help with watering, weeding, harvesting, and topic conversationalist at this garden. Contact Pam at information@gpip.org or via Facebook Messenger
GPIP is a 501c3 non-profit organization that provides beautification, education, and environmental work on the public lands of Glastonbury. All projects are funded by membership dues, donations and/or grants. TOWN DOES NOT PAY FOR OUR WORK – it is all FREE.
For more information: GPIP.org or information@gpip.org Donations can be mailed to: GPIP PO Box 378 So. Glastonbury, CT 06073 or electronically via PayPal.
2018 Spring Planting Dates
2018 Spring Planting Dates
Buckingham Park
Sat April 28 @ 9:00a [Rain date 5/5]
Contacts: Cheryl Hanley 860.633.8742
Nancy Janchill 860.633.8449
Welles-Turner Library
Wed May 23 @ 10:00a
Contact: Karen Rottner 860.690.5817
Town Planters for Main St.
Wed May 16 @ 10:00a [WTM Library – Rain Date 5/17]
Contact: Nancy Shipman 860.633.5523
South Glastonbury Planters
Thurs May 17 @ 3:30p
Meet at Dr. Chiffer’s office
Contact: Dale Chiffer H 860.657.396 W 860.633.6167
Town Planters for Hebron Ave.
Sat May 19 @ 9:00a at Shipman Nursery
Buttonball Ln. at Main St. [Rain Date 5/20]
Contact: Nancy Shipman 860.633.5523
Salmon Brook Bridge [N. Main St.]
Wed June 20th @ 5:30p
Contact: Bobbie Wasdo 860.6334950 bobbiewasdo@hotmail.com
Center Village Senior Housing
Center Village is closed for construction
Rt 17 Medians
Rose Pruning – Dates TBD
Contact: Andra Asars a.asars@sbcglobal.net
Village Green (formerly Knox Lane)
Wed April 25 @ noon/ Wed May 16 @ 11:00a / Sat May 19 @ 11:00a
Contact: Ruth Shea rjgem1974@aol.com
Welles-Shipman-Ward House
Sun May 6 @ 1:00p
Contact: Jennifer Sherman jengarden93@gmail.com